Power supply falls to 4,029.83MW

The amount of electricity supplied by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) which peaked at 4,810.7 megawatts (Mw) on August 25 dropped to 4,029.83Mw at the weekend.

According to figures obtained from the website of the Federal Ministry of Power on Monday, showed, that power supply leaped by 32.02Mw from the last statistics of August 25.

Within the period under review, the company recorded 87.9Mw spinning reserve or stranded energy which it could not wheel to the electricity distribution companies.

Highest peak power generation in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) was the 4,810.7 Mw of August 25.

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There has been significant increase in the electricity supply to customers, which most consumers have described as the usual ploy of electricity distribution companies when they are preparing to dispatch their monthly bills.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had recently decided that the Discos’ fixed charge should now be proportional to energy charge. It was not however confirmed whether the adjustment was effected in the August bill or whether it would commence in September.

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